Rococo Architecture
Notable Buildings:
- built by Catherine the Great
- south of St. Petersburg in Russia
- Postdam, Germany
- built by Frederick the Great
- grand garden pavilion
- intrigue in far east
- with closing of Japanese trade
Interiors
- room was designed to be a work of art
- scroll work
- glass became clearer
- plaster work
- fresco
- still mythological rather than religious
- lots of cupids
- lots of gold, white and pastels
- Salon de la Princesse, Hotel de Soubise, decorated by Germain Boffrand
Furniture
- light hearted
- evolved into a symbol of status
- wanted ease of movement, arrangement, free standing, versatility
- mahogany was widely used - allowed cabriole leg (s-curved leg)
- Fauteuil Chair
- padded armrests
- tilted backs
- added to sense of leisure
- voyeuse chair
- designed to sit backwards on
- padded headrest
- allowed to be flirty
- allowed men to show off legs more
- berger en gondola chair
- apron, legs and stretcher have all been seamlessly integrated into a flow as opposed to s and c curves, with gold accents
- gaming tables
- liesure
- small to be close and intimate
- Mantel mirrors
Queen Anne Style (reigned 1702-1714)
- flat back
- little bit of carved scrollwork
- paw foot
Is it Queen Anne or Louis XVI?
Chippendale Furniture
- wrote a book and so was often replicated
overlooks the gardens
Entrance Gates
The Ball Room or Light Gallery used for official ceremonies, celebrations and balls is the largest room in the palace
Western side
Northern entrance
decorated by Johannes Böckh and Thomas Mirtsch
Salon Ovale
Salon Ovale
detail, Salon de a Princesse
Kaisersaal (Imperial Hall)
Interior; located near Saffelstein, Germany
Interior; located near Saffelstein, Germany
located in Ludwigsburg Palace, Germany
Meissen Manufactory, Germany, c.1740
Meissen Manufactory, Germany c.1719-1730
Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory, England, c. 1761
c. 1754–56
German, 1758
c. 1763-1764
French, 1778
French, c. 1765
French, c.1786, commissioned for Louis XVI
British, c.1755-1760
French, c. 1775-1780
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